Industry Update News

Passenger movements at Malta Airport last month increased by 4.2% when compared to the same month last year, reaching an all-time record of 176,818 for the second month of the year.

Seat capacity for the month increased to 249,144 seats, 1.6% more than February 2012. The average seat load factor grew by 1.8 percentage points in this same month, reaching a record 71%.

The United Kingdom remained the top market for this month, with an increase of 7.4% over the same period last year. Italy went up one placing to second largest market for February, with an increase of 16.3%.

The German market in February was the third largest with a decrease of 5.8%. On the other hand, France kept its fourth placing with a remarkable increase of 19.4%. The largest increase was registered by Libya which climbed up from eighth market to fifth, with an impressive increase of 67.3%.

January – February 2013

For the first two months of the year, passenger movements increased by 6.1% with a total of 356,061. Aircraft movements increased by 1.6% and seat capacity increased by 3.9%.

In the same period, the average seat load factor registered an increase of 1.4 percentage points, the minimum take-off weight (MTOW) increased by 2.8%, whereas Cargo and Mail were 4.3% higher than same period last year.